Museums
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- Musee Des Arts Decoratifs
The Musee des Arts Decoratifs is housed within the walls of the Louvre and celebrates the centuries of remarkable French style and design from the Middle Ages up to present day.
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- Musee Rodin
This museum is dedicated to the work of Auguste Rodin (1840-1917), and is housed in a chateau in the middle of Paris, where Rodin once lived.
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- Fondation Henri Cartier Bresson : Photography Museum
If you are a fan of museums devoted to the genius of a single individual, and you love photography, then a trip to the Fondation Henri Cartier Bresson is a must.
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- Musee Nissim De Camondo
Sometimes you just aren't in the mood to deal with the crowds and enormity of the collections at major museums. It's time to specialize, and Paris offers a multitude of choices when it comes to more ....
- Musee De La Vie Romantique: Small Museums With Huge Appeal
This museum was once the home of the artist of Dutch descent, Ary Scheffer (1795-1858).
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- Musee De L' Armee: The Artifacts Of Warfare
The Musee de 'Armee is a museum devoted to military history from the Stone Age onward and up until World War II.
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- Musee Cognacq - Jay / Small Museums With Huge Appeal
This sweet museum in the heart of the Marais, houses the collection of Ernest Cognacq and his wife, Marie- Louise Jay, founders of the grand department store, La Samaritaine.
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- Musee De L' Orangerie / Small Museums With Huge Appeal
The Musee de L'Orangerie is a gem of a museum, located in the beautiful Tuileries Gardens near the Place de la Concorde.
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- Musee Marmottan / Small Museums With Huge Appeal
Claude Monet's "Water Lilies" are the main attraction to this lovely museum.
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- Musee Jacquemart - Andre / Small Museums With Huge Appeal
In 1852, Napoleon III put Georges-Eugene Haussmann in charge of the modernization of Paris. Baron Haussmann’s sweeping changes destroyed a good deal of Medieval Paris, while creating a new city with....
- Musee De Cluny Aka Musee National Du Moyen Age / Small Museums With Huge Appeal
Gallo-Roman ruins including the baths, built in 200 AD, are visible reminders here at the Musee de Cluny, of what lies buried beneath Paris, its Roman heritage.
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- Musee Carnavalet / Small Museums With Huge Appeal
Musee Carnavalet is the museum of the history of Paris.
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- Musee Picasso / Closed For Renovations Until 2012!
Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) was a man of passion.
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- Musee D' Orsay / Major Art Museums
The Musee d’Orsay began life as the Gare d’Orsay, a railroad station and hotel designed by Victor Laloux on the Left Bank of the Seine, commissioned to coincide with the 1900 Exposition Universell....
- Musee National D' Art Moderne / Major Art Museums
The Musee D'Art Moderne is quite a piece of work.
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- Musee Du Louvre / Major Art Museums
A trip to the Musee du Louvre is a serious affair.
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- Restaurant Musee D' Orsay / Museums With Artful Dining
Victor Laloux designed a railroad station for the Universal Exhibition in 1900. In 1986 it was rechristened Musee d’Orsay and today houses a remarkable collection of Impressionist Art, if you like ....
- Georges At Centre Georges Pompidou / Museums With Artful Dining
Take the elevator next to the main entrance of the Centre Pompidou up to the top floor. The views of Paris from the Restaurant Georges are panoramic, spectacular!
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- Cafe Jacquemart - Andre / Museums With Artful Dining
In 1875, Edouard Andre completed the construction of his new mansion on Boulevard Haussmann, and along with his wife, Neli Jacquemart, began to fill it with great works of art.
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- Le Cafe Marly / Museums With Artful Dining
Don’t come to Café Marly expecting to be dazzled by the food, although it’s satisfying enough. Come because of where it is, on the Cour Napoleon of the incomparable, Musee du Louvre.
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